false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172027688m/133729.jpg 133729 20 The same sharp intelligence and self-deprecating wit that made Michael J Fox a star in the <I>Spin City</I> television series and <I>Back to the Future</I> films make <I>Lucky Man</I> a lot punchier than the usual up-from-illness celebrity memoir. <p>Yes, he begins with the first symptoms of Parkinson's disease, the incurable illness that led to his retirement from <I>Spin City</I> (and acting) in 2000. And yes, he assures us he is a better, happier person now than he was before he was diagnosed. In Fox's case, you actually might believe it, because he then cheerfully exposes the insecurities and self-indulgences of his pre-Parkinson's life in a manner that makes them not glamorous but wincingly ordinary and of course very funny. ("As for the question, 'Does it bother you that maybe she just wants to sleep with you because you're a celebrity?' My answer to that one was, 'Ah... nope.'")<p> From a Canadian, working-class background, Fox has an unusually detached perspective on the madness of mass-media fame; his description of the tabloid feeding-frenzy surrounding his 1988 wedding to Tracy Pollan, for example, manages to be both acid and matter-of-fact. He is frank but not maudlin about his drinking problem, and he refreshingly notes that getting sober did not automatically solve all his other problems. This readable, witty autobiography reminds you why it was generally a pleasure to watch Fox on screen: he's a nice guy with an edge, and you don't have to feel embarrassed about liking him. --<I>Wendy Smith</I> 2166070 1 1 2002 Lucky Man: A Memoir total:1474|5:432|4:651|3:332|2:52|1:7| 1474 5871 2080 279 4 3 false false Sun Jun 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 30 18:14:29 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 29 17:50:55 -0700 2008 Lucky Man in a thrift store for a buck. I think I would have passed up this kind of book were by nearly any other author, but I grew up with Fox, in a way. I watched Family Ties pretty religiously as a kid and Back To The Future made Fox my boyhood hero.

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